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Ombre Half Square Triangle Quilt

This is my last quilt for 2016. It’s something I wanted to make for a while – a quilt that matches our bedroom colors. It’s a nice throw size for when you want to take a nap back in the bedroom. And I made it with one of my favorite fabrics, Ombre, from V&Co. This quilt was made with just one color of Ombre! It’s a gradiated fabric and it gives the appearance that you used several different fabrics.

I made this quilt entirely from half square triangles. I made them using an eight-at-a-time method, which I’m going to write about in my next post. It’s a super fast way to make eight HSTs, sewing only two seams together and making 4 cuts. I made the blocks 4.5″ and I made a total of 192 blocks.

I also did something that I did in my last quilt, which was to use two layers of batting. I liked it so much in my Dotted Flying Geese quilt that I thought I would try it again. It makes a very warm quilt. I used one layer of Warm and Natural 100% cotton batting and one layer of Hobb’s 80/20 batting. I was still able to machine quilt with no puckering or tucks. I made sure to lower the tension on my machine. I quilted with Aurifil 50 wt thread at a 4.0 stitch length.

Bernadette: Thank you so much for your interest, but I haven’t written up any patterns. This quilt is pretty simple: I made up HSts and then laid them out in a light dark pattern that I liked and just sewed up the rows. Easy!

You know, I think I used about 4.5 yards for the front and the backing took 4 yards, pieced. I hope you can find it – Moda isn’t making more of Ombre right now. It’s maddening – I think it should be a basic fabric, like their Bella Solids.

Jane: In the post, I mention that I only used one fabric – Ombre in Taupe. It looks like different lights and darks, but it’s all one fabric. I also mention that I cut 4.5″ HST, which when sewn in, end up being 4″ blocks. I hope this helps.